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Michael Henson

@mhenson144.bsky.social

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33. NASCAR Engineer. Retired Baja driver. Random nerd. Stubborn smart-ass. Views are my own (cis he/him) Won at Bristol 3/29/21! 🏁 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇦🇵🇸 #BlackLivesMatter, LGBTQ+ ally

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Michael Henson @mhenson144.bsky.social · Jun 17

In the immortal words of Rocket Raccoon: “Oh what the hell, I don’t got that long a lifespan anyway”.

Shoot.

ngl.link/m_henson144

Anonymous messages!

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

Please remember that many disabled people won’t be at the No Kings rallies tomorrow.

A lot of the planned events are not accessible and/or disabled people are not safe or well enough to attend.

Anything you can do to increase accessibility and inclusion will help the resistance!

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Jasmine @jasminerobinson90.bsky.social · 1d

It’s infuriating that all of this could’ve easily been prevented simply by voting & now that we’re stuck with a 6-3 SCOTUS & a major disadvantage in the Senate due to the fact that there are 24 reliably red states, we could also be stuck with a permanent GOP House majority.
bsky.app/profile/jasm...

Jasmine @jasminerobinson90.bsky.social · 1d

The GOP already has a big advantage with the Senate & the electoral college & with a 6-3 SCOTUS, this case could make it virtually impossible for Democrats to flip the House making it impossible to get any decent legislation passed.
This is what not voting gets you.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI — @gallego.senate.gov : "The only reason Adelita Grijalva is not being sworn in right now is because he wants to protect whatever is in those files. Arizona does not have a congresswoman right now, during flooding, because Speaker Johnson is covering for pedophiles."

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 1d

I wanna a follow up to dungeons and dragons honor among thieves so damn badly

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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 1d

We live in the dumbest fucking timeline.

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heathcliff, but frog @hopcliff.heathcliff.cat · 1d

based nancy

two panels of a Nancy comic by Ernie Bushmiller. Nancy sees a NOTICE board and then blacks out the T with a pencil so the board reads NO ICE. Nancy smiles.

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Michael Henson @mhenson144.bsky.social · 1d

A chance to quantify “women don’t like the vehicle”? Perfection.

a man in a tuxedo and suspenders is holding a baton and says science

Alt: Bill Nye, wearing a fashionable bow tie, stands on a stage and dramatically throws his hands in the air amidst a flash of light with the caption “Science!”

media.tenor.com

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Fred Smith @fredsmith.bsky.social · 1d

Groups doing approval polls on Elon Musk are providing valuable data but what I really want is an approval poll on the Cybertruck

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Jaime Gomez @jaimitogomez.bsky.social · 1d

They switched beds. Smart.

Two dogs sleep peacefully on separate beds. A small brown dog rests on a large bed, while a larger black dog with a purple collar curls up on a smaller bed.

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Cythrin @cythrin.bsky.social · 1d

You gotta just block these accounts without interacting. They're doing this the night before No Kings so they can selectively grab quote posts and replies about how nasty people are being. It's extremely transparent. Just block and move on.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, it does look like the government accounts joining Bluesky are real, including Homeland Security and the White House. They're tweeting about it on X.

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 1d

techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/a... yeeeeeah

Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch

Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."

techcrunch.com

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Michael Henson @mhenson144.bsky.social · 1d

I miiiiiiiiight have misread this headline the first time. 🤣

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Chronic Illness Humor @chronicillness.bsky.social · 1d

SATIRE Doctor Who "Totally Gets It" Recommends Yoga For Organ Failure

[woman in hospital bed]

MyBodylSTryingTokillMe.com

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Danielle Froom 🏳️‍🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 1d

Peaky Blinders meme: No fighting with regime-run accounts. No fucking fighting with regime-run accounts!

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 1d

🚨BREAKING: In the latest showcase of President Donald Trump’s influence over the Justice Department, two veteran federal prosecutors were fired for refusing to bring criminal charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) — further exposing how the DOJ is being weaponized.

Federal Prosecutors Fired After Refusing Trump’s Pressure to Charge His Political Adversary

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 4d

When you’ve pissed off WeRateDogs so much they’re calling you “fucking losers” on Main you have absolutely lost all merit in the court of public opinion

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BORDER PATROC
ICE AGENTS KILL DOG
DURING UNLAWFUL SEARCH, REFUSE TO RENDER AID, AND LEAVE WITHOUT IDENTIFYING THEMSELVES

weratedogs This is Chop. He was shot and killed by masked assailants in plain clothes who go by ICE.
Unsurprisingly, they did not care enough to help the family as they tried to save him. Even more unsurprising, they did not find any evidence of the migrants they were there to terrorize in the first place.
Do not open your door for these fucking losers. Rest easy Chop
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CBP Office of Professional Responsibility:
202-344-1808
JointIntake@cbp.dhs.gov
El Paso Border Patrol Sector:
915-834-8400
fpfelpaso@cbp.dhs.gov
Rep. Veronica Escobar (El Paso):
915-541-1400
veronica.escobar@mail.house.gov

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Bill DiFilippo @billdifilippo.bsky.social · 1d

at no point did i have any clue what was coming next

Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 1d

Volodymyr Zelenskyy gets a question from former Biggest Loser trainer Cara Castronuova, a Jan. 6 defendant advocate who now works for the MyPillow Guy's network.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

Also, ayo @jay.bsky.team and the BlueSky team, if you’re gonna permaban Link and Palestinian aid accounts, it’s not a good look if you also don’t ban government accounts engaged in obvious violations of the Hatch Act, which is an actual federal law.

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Maladroithe @maladroithe.bsky.social · 1d

Now WeRateDogs is TRIPLING THE FUCK DOWN and talking about how often cops shoot dogs

Screen grab of the WeRate Dogs podcast where they’re talking about cop violence against dogs

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Michael Henson @mhenson144.bsky.social · 1d

Damn, that Pokémon is eelusive!

I can’t believe she eevaded an ultra ball!

…I don’t have a third pun handy, I’ll see myself out.

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abby (sports) @stabbyabby.bsky.social · 1d

The premise of the book I’m currently reading is basically “what if Jessica Fletcher realized that it’s way too many murders” and I’m having a great time

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Soraya Nadia McDonald @sorayanadiamcdonald.com · 1d

tonight is the night I became Dale Gribble and blocked the feds

Dale Gribble in a courtroom holding a cigarette.

To judge: I'm not questioning your authority. I'm completely denying its existence.

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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 1d

It feels not unlikely that a presence on Bluesky is in part so they can mine content to screenshot and repost on X as evidence of leftist terrorism or whatever

Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 1d

US Government accounts have arrived on Bluesky.

Block on sight.

Protect your digital space.

Be aware that the DHS account in particular is known to quote dunk on regular people to encourage their followers to harass them.

The detach quote function will come in very handy here…

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cyanlol @cyanlol.bsky.social · 1d

Also, the U.S. gov accounts that were already on here have been taken over. Look at this juxtaposition:

Posts on the U.S. Department of Labor account. One from 9 months ago praising MLK, another from 10 minutes ago bashing Democrats

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DanBuildsThings @naptowndan.bsky.social · 1d

So we're not engaging with the government accounts at all, right?

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